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Q: Letter?
asked by: tigresacanela24 on January 24th, 2007
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I have to write a letter to the tenants advising them of the employee's death. I have never had to do this before and I have no idea how to do it without making it sound like an obituary. Can anyone help me, I have no precedent and no idea of the proper protocol...
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Kia replied on January 24th, 2007
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Tennants?
Tennants of where?
And why do you have to do it? He didn't die at work Confused
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Melissa_20 replied on January 24th, 2007
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tigresacanela24 wrote:
i have to write a letter to the tenants advising them of the employee's death. I have never had to do this before and I have no idea how to do it without making it sound like an obituary. Can anyone help me, I have no precedent and no idea of the proper protocol...
what do you do for work .Kay?

I would just write the mr. So and so died of ____________ on _(date)___ and give them # to call for more detailed info??? I dunno
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tigresacanela24 replied on January 24th, 2007
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kia_breizzze wrote:
tennants?

Tennants of where?

And why do you have to do it? He didn't die at work Confused


i'm a property manager. The tenants of the building. One of the maintenance men died. Unfortunately the rule book says that I should notify them of a death of a staff member but unfortunately they don't have an example letter. Grrr!!!! I'd normally just draft one myself but i'm frightened to do it because i'm not good with the death stuff. I don't know the rules.

Mel that might work. When in doubt keep it simple.
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Bridget replied on January 24th, 2007
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I'm not good at this but how about something like...

Dear tenants,

sadly, one of our staff members recently passed away. his name, a maintenance man with us for x years, died of ________ on ________. For further details please call blahblahblah.

Short and sweet.
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Melissa_20 replied on January 24th, 2007
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iheartmybostonterrier wrote:
i'm not good at this but how about something like...


Dear tenants,

sadly, one of our staff members recently passed away. his name, a maintenance man with us for x years, died of ________ on ________. For further details please call blahblahblah.


Short and sweet.
yeah! Thats good!
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Kia replied on January 24th, 2007
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Yup I agree with mel and bridget.

Short, simple and to the point and doesn't give excess info to those who don't need it.
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tigresacanela24 replied on January 24th, 2007
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Thanks guys!
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AyaMiyaki replied on January 24th, 2007
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Shocked Laughing your avatar is awesome .Kay! I almost peed myself!
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tigresacanela24 replied on January 24th, 2007
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Lol
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Sunflower_pie81 replied on January 24th, 2007
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Unless your employee died of some toxic stuff then why notify the tenants?

What business is it of thier's that he died?
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Sandbox Party replied on January 24th, 2007
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sunflower_pie81 wrote:
unless your employee died of some toxic stuff then why notify the tenants?


What business is it of thier's that he died?


seriously.

Why?
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foxy replied on January 24th, 2007
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sunflower_pie81 wrote:
unless your employee died of some toxic stuff then why notify the tenants?



What business is it of thier's that he died?


because he was the maintenance man, it is only curteous to inform the tenants...Because they may have addressed some maintenance concerns to the guy, or he may have been working on something in their apt. That is unfinished etc. And you don't want the tenants to think that he is just not showing up.


So .Kay in that letter/notice I would add an additional line...Stating who is now handling the maintenance work and how to contact them, or you with any quiries or concerns in regards to maintenance.
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Sandbox Party replied on January 24th, 2007
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foxy wrote:
sunflower_pie81 wrote:
unless your employee died of some toxic stuff then why notify the tenants?




What business is it of thier's that he died?


because he was the maintenance man, it is only curteous to inform the tenants...Because they may have addressed some maintenance concerns to the guy, or he may have been working on something in their apt. That is unfinished etc. And you don't want the tenants to think that he is just not showing up.



So .Kay in that letter/notice I would add an additional line...Stating who is now handling the maintenance work and how to contact them, or you with any quiries or concerns in regards to maintenance.


they dont have to say he died.. They could merely point out that he will no longer be providing services to them and any concerns they still have should be adressed to the office staff to be taken care of.
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El replied on January 24th, 2007
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rainfire1424 wrote:
sunflower_pie81 wrote:
unless your employee died of some toxic stuff then why notify the tenants?



What business is it of thier's that he died?


seriously.


Why?


yeah totally, the man's death is his own business, I would steer clear of mentioning what he died of.

I'd simply say,

we/i regretfully advise i/we have recently been informed of the recent (if unexpected or sudden, pop that in) passing of so-and-so.

Maybe if there's already a new guy, you can say he'll be taking over any maintenence issue, if not, you can say, i/we expect to appoint somebody shortly to address your maintenance issues, and i/we appreciate your understanding and patience in the interim.
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Bridget replied on January 24th, 2007
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rainfire1424 wrote:
foxy wrote:
sunflower_pie81 wrote:
unless your employee died of some toxic stuff then why notify the tenants?





What business is it of thier's that he died?


because he was the maintenance man, it is only curteous to inform the tenants...Because they may have addressed some maintenance concerns to the guy, or he may have been working on something in their apt. That is unfinished etc. And you don't want the tenants to think that he is just not showing up.




So .Kay in that letter/notice I would add an additional line...Stating who is now handling the maintenance work and how to contact them, or you with any quiries or concerns in regards to maintenance.


they dont have to say he died.. They could merely point out that he will no longer be providing services to them and any concerns they still have should be adressed to the office staff to be taken care of.


maybe some of the tenants were friendly with him? I think it's just a courtesy to inform people when a staff member dies.
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AyaMiyaki replied on January 24th, 2007
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I think it's a sign of respect, just to let everyone know. Maybe some people would want to pay their respects to his relatives or attend the service?
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Sandbox Party replied on January 24th, 2007
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Yeah true.
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lil_blaze2004 replied on January 24th, 2007
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Short and sweet is best. We put things up like that at work when someone's parent or something dies. Find out if they maybe want donations sent somewhere too (instead of flowers)
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